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Yekaterina Varenik, 26, who publicly opposes Russian President Vladimir Putin and was detained for holding up a placard reading “Ukrainians are not our enemies but our brothers” in front of the Moscow statue of Lesya Ukrainka during a picket, leaves a detention centre in Moscow, Russia on February 2, 2023. (Photo by Yulia Morozova/Reuters)

Yekaterina Varenik, 26, who publicly opposes Russian President Vladimir Putin and was detained for holding up a placard reading “Ukrainians are not our enemies but our brothers” in front of the Moscow statue of Lesya Ukrainka during a picket, leaves a detention centre in Moscow, Russia on February 2, 2023. (Photo by Yulia Morozova/Reuters)



Girls walk past a stand with an image of a Russian serviceman and words “The Motherland we defend” at a street exhibition of military photos in St. Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)

Girls walk past a stand with an image of a Russian serviceman and words “The Motherland we defend” at a street exhibition of military photos in St. Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)



A pedestrian walks near a residential building which houses the local branch of Russia's ruling party, United Russia, with its emblem bear and a patriotic mural on the wall in the town of Chekhov, some 75 kilometres outside Moscow, on February 11, 2023. Despite strict government censorship and the threat of jail, residents of Russia's capital are finding subtle ways to express alarm and dissent over the Kremlin's year-long offensive in Ukraine. The messages are barely visible but omnipresent throughout Moscow, scrawled and graffitied on walls, pasted as stickers on drain pipes or carved into the wood of benches. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)

A pedestrian walks near a residential building which houses the local branch of Russia's ruling party, United Russia, with its emblem bear and a patriotic mural on the wall in the town of Chekhov, some 75 kilometres outside Moscow, on February 11, 2023. Despite strict government censorship and the threat of jail, residents of Russia's capital are finding subtle ways to express alarm and dissent over the Kremlin's year-long offensive in Ukraine. The messages are barely visible but omnipresent throughout Moscow, scrawled and graffitied on walls, pasted as stickers on drain pipes or carved into the wood of benches. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)



A man reads a newspaper in a park in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, February 17, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)

A man reads a newspaper in a park in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, February 17, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)



A man walks past a billboard with a portrait of a Russian soldier, a participant of the action in Ukraine and the words “The victory will be ours!” and a tank mockup made from boxes, in St. Petersburg, Russia, February 18, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)

A man walks past a billboard with a portrait of a Russian soldier, a participant of the action in Ukraine and the words “The victory will be ours!” and a tank mockup made from boxes, in St. Petersburg, Russia, February 18, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)



A man rides with his dogs during a sled dog racing competition outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, February 19, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)

A man rides with his dogs during a sled dog racing competition outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, February 19, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)



A man walks past a stand with an image of a Russian serviceman and words “The Motherland we defend” at a street exhibition of military photos in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, February 20, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)

A man walks past a stand with an image of a Russian serviceman and words “The Motherland we defend” at a street exhibition of military photos in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, February 20, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)



Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen during his annual address to the Federal Assembly, in Sevastopol, Crimea on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen during his annual address to the Federal Assembly, in Sevastopol, Crimea on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)



A virtually empty Red Square closed for security reasons prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address, is seen between the Historical Museum, left, and the Kremlin Wall, right, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, February 21, 2023. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)

A virtually empty Red Square closed for security reasons prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address, is seen between the Historical Museum, left, and the Kremlin Wall, right, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, February 21, 2023. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)



A family watches a TV broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address in Moscow on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)

A family watches a TV broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address in Moscow on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)



Scene at the concert and meeting at Luzhniki stadium, Moscow, Russia, on February 22, 2023. (For The Washington Post)

Scene at the concert and meeting at Luzhniki stadium, Moscow, Russia, on February 22, 2023. (For The Washington Post)



Russian President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at the Moscow Kremlin Wall in the Alexander Garden during an event marking Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/Sputnik via AFP Photo)

Russian President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at the Moscow Kremlin Wall in the Alexander Garden during an event marking Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov/Sputnik via AFP Photo)



Fireworks burst behind cathedrals of the Novodevichy Convent during an event marking Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)

Fireworks burst behind cathedrals of the Novodevichy Convent during an event marking Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow on February 23, 2023. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)



A boy watches fireworks from a military range weapon, marking the Defender of the Fatherland Day celebrations, at the Artillery Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, February 23, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)

A boy watches fireworks from a military range weapon, marking the Defender of the Fatherland Day celebrations, at the Artillery Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, February 23, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)



A protester holds a placard during a single-person picket near a monument to Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka on the first anniversary of the beginning of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, in Moscow, Russia on February 24, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A protester holds a placard during a single-person picket near a monument to Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka on the first anniversary of the beginning of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, in Moscow, Russia on February 24, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)



A visitor places flowers at a monument to Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka on the first anniversary of the beginning of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, in Moscow, Russia on February 24, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A visitor places flowers at a monument to Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka on the first anniversary of the beginning of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, in Moscow, Russia on February 24, 2023. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)



Policemen detain a man who has laid flowers to the monument of Ukrainian author Taras Shevchenko to mark one year since the start of the Russian campaign in Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, February 24, 2023. OVD-Info, a group that tracks political arrests, said that several people were detained in St. Petersburg after bringing flowers to the Shevchenko monument. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)

Policemen detain a man who has laid flowers to the monument of Ukrainian author Taras Shevchenko to mark one year since the start of the Russian campaign in Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, February 24, 2023. OVD-Info, a group that tracks political arrests, said that several people were detained in St. Petersburg after bringing flowers to the Shevchenko monument. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)



People watch the burning Fourth Wall art object during the celebration of Maslenitsa, a pagan festival marking the end of winter, in the Nikola-Lenivets art park in the Kaluga region, Russia on February 25, 2023. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)

People watch the burning Fourth Wall art object during the celebration of Maslenitsa, a pagan festival marking the end of winter, in the Nikola-Lenivets art park in the Kaluga region, Russia on February 25, 2023. (Photo by Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)



Actors performer during Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) holiday celebrations at Torzhok, Tver region, 217 km (136 miles) north-west of Moscow, Russia, Sunday, February 26, 2023. Maslenitsa is an Orthodox Christian holiday celebrated in the last week before the Orthodox Lent. The festivities feature baking traditional pancakes, sleigh rides, sparring between groups of men and, finally burning the effigy of Maslenitsa. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)

Actors performer during Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) holiday celebrations at Torzhok, Tver region, 217 km (136 miles) north-west of Moscow, Russia, Sunday, February 26, 2023. Maslenitsa is an Orthodox Christian holiday celebrated in the last week before the Orthodox Lent. The festivities feature baking traditional pancakes, sleigh rides, sparring between groups of men and, finally burning the effigy of Maslenitsa. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)
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